Lithia Motors, Inc.
Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) operates as the largest global automotive retailer, providing comprehensive products and services throughout the vehicle ownership lifecycle. The company maintains a presence across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada through 455 retail locations representing 54 brands as… From the company’s description.
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What Lithia Motors, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) operates as the largest global automotive retailer, providing comprehensive products and services throughout the vehicle ownership lifecycle. The company maintains a presence across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada through 455 retail locations representing 54 brands as of December 31, 2025. More information about the company is available at www.lithiainvestorrelations.com.
The company's core business encompasses new and used vehicle sales, automotive financing and insurance products, and aftersales repair and maintenance services. Lithia and Driveway operates through a diversified network designed to serve customers through multiple channels, including physical dealership locations, e-commerce platforms, and digital solutions. The company employs approximately 30,000 full-time equivalent team members across its global operations.
Lithia's business model centers on providing customers with seamless blended online and physical retail experiences supported by proprietary data science and performance measurement systems. The company operates Driveway.com and GreenCars.com as its primary e-commerce home solutions, offering customers the ability to browse inventory, purchase vehicles online with home delivery options, and access educational resources about sustainable mobility. In 2025, GreenCars attracted approximately 9.0 million unique visitors. The company also operates Driveway Finance Corporation (DFC), a captive auto financing division that diversifies revenue streams and provides customer financing solutions.
The company's strategy emphasizes operational excellence through centralized administrative functions and local market responsiveness, growth through disciplined acquisitions targeting 15% after-tax returns, and thoughtful capital allocation balancing acquisitions, capital expenditures, and shareholder returns. During 2025, Lithia acquired 17 stores and divested 12 stores, investing $751.0 million net of floor plan debt with anticipated annualized revenues of approximately $2.4 billion from these acquisitions.
Founded in 1946 and incorporated in Oregon in 1968, Lithia completed its initial public offering in 1996. The company's diversified portfolio includes franchises from major manufacturers including Honda, Toyota, Ford, BMW, and Stellantis, which collectively represent 25 percent of sales. Total advertising expense, net of manufacturer credits, reached $257.0 million in 2025, with over 88 percent deployed toward digital, social, listings, and direct owner communications.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry (SIC)
- Retail
- Headquarters
- MEDFORD, OR
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1023128
- SIC
- 5500
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Lithia Motors, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Lithia Motors, Inc. · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Lithia Motors, Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Lithia Motors, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 4 issues of Lithia Motors, Inc.’s debt, $855.09M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.55%, maturing 2027 to 2031.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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